Online payment processor Allied Wallet is now accepting Alipay as part of its payment gateway to help simplify payments between the U.S. and China.

The morphing of e-commerce and brick and mortar technology will require strategies that address both at the same time, says Zoomd's Omri Argaman.

Two of Australia’s biggest banks, National Australia Bank (NAB) and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), are competing to be the first to commercially launch tap-on-phone contactless payments in the country.

A recent report from the CUSO shows an increase in spending, in line with recent predictions from the National Retail Federation

It can be a painful process for a bank to go digital, but there are ways to ease the transition.

To compete and remain relevant in 2020 and beyond, organizations must rapidly develop, test and deploy innovative new products and services in increasingly larger amounts, says Paragon Application Systems' Steve Gilde.

Tokyo-based credit card brand JCB faces a domestic battle to automate Japanese B2B payments that remain mired in old-school cash and paper, while it also tries to grow an international e-commerce network. It's a diverse set of challenges that have led the company to bring on a pair of technology partners.

Ant Financial, the online finance giant that operates Alipay, said veteran Simon Hu, 49, would become CEO. He will take over the role from Eric Jing, 47, who will remain executive chairman.

Facebook acquired a small video-shopping startup earlier this year to help build a live shopping feature inside the company’s Marketplace product, according to a person familiar with the plans.

Given the financial health and outlook for many retailers, their ability to get the digital experience right could be the difference between operating in 2021, or joining the growing list of retail bankruptcies, says Applause's Kristin Simonini.

Customers will be able to use the service by clicking on the QR transactions option and using their camera to scan the code that appears on the app screen.

For most companies, no role within accounts payable focuses solely on handling errors, enablement, fielding phone calls, or escheatment, says Nvoicepay's Kristin Cardinali.

Drones and autonomous vehicles are making progress, but there's still expense and logistical hurdles to work out, says Roadie's Marc Gorlin.

The Federal Reserve’s Lael Brainard this week tossed fresh regulatory pressure on Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project, comments that come as central banks around the world work on digital currencies to counter the social network’s cryptocurrency project.

While Google can certainly be trusted to create an engaging mobile interface, trust in banking goes deeper than a good digital experience, says myGini's Mehmet Sezgin.

In order to ensure that the public benefits from a faster payments system, we strongly support the Federal Reserve playing a key leadership role, just as central banks have successfully done in other jurisdictions, says TransferWise's Harsh Sinha.

Gift cards will be the most-requested item this holiday season again, and for the first time, one in three U.S. consumers buying gift cards will opt for digital versions, opening new possibilities for merchants that are anxious to counter Amazon's influence and improve user experience for stored value.

Fintech dLocal is expanding its API-based payments service into Nigeria and South Africa, two nations with different levels of digital payments adoption.

MFS Africa has spent the last decade building an interoperable mobile payments system linking millions of consumers in Africa, and now it’s formed a partnership with Visa to extend global card acceptance to its users.

Worldline and CashSentinel will work on services that will fit requirements for traditional online marketplaces for physical products, franchise systems, self-checkout solutions and smart city apps.